You should read the book How to Hide in Plain Sight by Emma Noyes. Made me feel so seen because I also had those really disturbing images in my mind

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I dont ever want to verbalize mine, but i do remind myself that intrusive thoughts are a way for your brain to scare itself (anxious compulsion). Its not something you want! Other than that, i try to distract myself away from them

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i do! used to go yo a therapist but stopped because of insurance stuff, just look for one that specializes in ocd! also journaling helps

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i’ve had them my entire life and just recently started seeing a psychiatrist and was prescribed zoloft for ocd, anxiety, social anxiety, and major depressive disorder. talking to a therapist has never really helped bc i was never super open but once it got to the point of me basically hitting rock bottom i found that medication was really the only thing that could bring me back up. i’ve been on it for about 9 months now and im still here, if i hadn’t reached out i don’t think i would be

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I do! I take medication-Prozac-and I find that it has been helping me. For me, i find when I feel bad anxiety symptoms, my brain tries to find why I’m anxious and so does the intrusive thoughts to then blame the anxiety on. With the medication- it helps that becomes less and it makes it easier to ignore- push to the side. A lot of the times with the thoughts I try to drown them out- so I normally have music playing or a video going. I also find being with friends helps my brain distract itself

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